Cantonese and Malaysian
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
National Language
China, Guangdong
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Thailand
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
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Tamil Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Thank You
谢谢
terima kasih
How Are You?
你好吗？
Apa khabar?
Good Night
晚安
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
晚上好
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
下午好
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
早上好
Selamat pagi
I Love You
我爱你
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
原谅我
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
cantonais
malais
German Name
Kantonesisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Malaysian people
Origin
17th century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Malaysian Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
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ISO 639 3
No data available
zsm
Glottocode
cant1236
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Cantonese and Malaysian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Malaysian Speaking population
Cantonese and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Malaysian on Cantonese vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Malaysian Language Codes
Cantonese and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.